Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 10, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Automotive Winnipeg free november 2000 upscale a pile o Cash Audi crossover Doest come cheap by David Booth like the rest of the Volkswagen Audi wants to move now seeing itself As a competitor for the tier 2 luxury brands such As Saab and Audi wants to take on Bow and its a direction that Ferdinand Volkswagen age chairman of the is trying to take All of the brands operating under the vow plans Are afoot to turn the passant into a larger luxury and pieces plans have brought Roll Royce and the ube expensive Bugatti Brand into the Volkswagen Heady times indeed for the company whose name literally Means Peoples the latest weapon in audis relentless drive upscale is the already famous for its Allthee drive Audi needs something to capitalize on the huge sport Utility like other car manufacturers lacking a history of truck Al Road is entering the so called crossover originated by Subaru enormously successful out Back and in a luxury by Volvo pc Cross the Volvo is Al roads natural compe in its relentless quest for Lux Ury the Al Road has a number of technological As Well As performance which Start to add at the Al Road is firmly in Mercedes my and Bow is for that the Al Road does offer two significant the first of which is its v6 with 250 Audi claims its Al Road quicker to 100 than bows is and Mercedes yet has significantly Superior fuel that an impressive but while the Al Road is quite it Doest have the Lazy muscularity of those two v8powered mat the throttle with the revs up and it indeed but that sea of the pants dynamic that gauges the immediacy of throttle response puts the smaller v6 behind those hulking despite its two it feels sportier than its Competition like All Audi is wonderfully Audi is Likely to shoe Horn its 300 horsepower engine from the a8 into the Al Road at some later thereby tempting those with the other interesting bit of gadgetry is the Al roads height adjustable suspend weve seen similar devices on full blown sums like the Range Rover and lexus both heavyweights with a twin Turbo v6 Powers the Al Road past its Bow and Mercedes stratospheric but audis four level pneumatic suspension is the first such application on a crossover air bags atop the four shocks alter their length depending on air raising and lowering the Al Road by As much As a Button on the Centre dash alters the ride height to four preset or the system can be left in its default position and the Al Road automatically alters its ride depend ing on the in its highest the Al Road has 208 my inches of ground More than it turns for All but the most dramatic of offload Cir Audi set up a Short Trail for journalists to test the Al roads Mettle unlike other it was set up to be the Al Road passed with flying skirting ruts that would Challenge some mainstream in its lowest clearance is reduced to a relatively ground hugging 142mm which Audi says is barely More than a regular whatever the it certainly adds to the All roads handling As a High Centre of Gravity is the biggest Bugaboo of traditional on twisty the Al Road feels More like a sports rather than an ill handling sport Utility the Only Downside to the audis adjustable suspension is that its slow to it takes fifteen seconds to get from its highest to lowest a pittance when youre on the but an aggravation if youre sitting in a Park ing space waiting to take of the Al Road has audis famed Quattro Allthee drive first introduced in Tow in its fourth it features a Torsen self Locking Centre differential Between the front and rear axles that can Dis tribute up to 66 per cent of the engines torque to either when even Quat pros traction abilities Arent theres an electronic differential lock traction control system that takes Over to prevent youre unlikely to Ever get As impressive As the Al roads performance one of its Best attributes is its plainly its the most attractive of the crossover while its plainly derived from the a6 Avant Sta Tion audis styling touches have added the aggressive touches that an off Road intended needs without going Over the the wheel Arches Are just the right the Alloy wheels very attractive and the aluminium Side rails a crowning its audis Best work to the Interior is also though not As exemplary As the its also plagued by the same audio system in the a4s while it performs simply has too Many buttons to be easily oper the Only other negative comment regards the Al roads Price Audi is very serious about this move upscale and though the Al Road has Many including front and Side As Well As Abs and an acoustic parking system to warn you when youre going to run Over a fire 60large for an Audi Wagon is still a Little especially when Volvo pc is almost the Al Road has some distinct advantages Over its its up to Audi fans to decide if its Worth the with Auto Centre and Winnipeg free press includes picture listing in fridays automotive showcase classified word and on saturday sunday 7 Day internet and on 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on the other lower the suspension enough to get decent inroad and on your first foray offload youre Likely to rip off the Oil pan or something else sem important on the first sizable the obvious of is to offer both though it must not be that obvious since none of the new Breed of crossover vehicles up to now have offered such a four positions thanks to an inboard air an elec tronic control unit and some air bladders above each Shock the new Audi Al Road offers just such four rid height positions Are available 142 my of ground 167 192 my and 208 at its Audi claims the Al roads ground clearance is 28 my More than bows is and equals that of the land Rover the Bench Mark in offload at its lowest the Al roads clearance is barely 20 my More than the company a Premium sporty although the ride height can be manually theres an ecu that controls the system automatic for at speeds greater than 120 the ride height is set at its improving Road Al roads Inte rior is typical con adjust vehicles ride height for dealing with rough holding and aerodynamics for Superior fuel econ according to the second which is 25 my is suitable for paved or sem finished Road surfaces at speeds up to and offers slightly More level three offers even More ground clearance for moderate offload situations like a poorly maintained cottage while the top position is for extreme offloading and Steep its especially important Over deep ruts where lower rid Heights can wreak havoc on the bumper and other body the top level is limited to 35 while level two is automatically activated above 80 Ilca Pindar How to play watch the free press daily and locate the Black and White version of the above shown 2001 milk Calendar Complete the entry form including the Page number where you found the hand deliver to Manitoba milk producers 36 Scurfield 8 am 5 pm or the Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain free press in search of the milk Calendar contest Box 2130 my r3c3r4 first prize second prize third prize plus a years Supply 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